Gurcharan ji, I am thankful to you for your frequent "interruptions". Experts like you and many others keeping a watch on the site is what helps in keeping the information up to date and correcting the mistakes. Without such inputs, the quality of the site would suffer. Please keep your comments coming. Best wishes - Tabish ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.flowersofindia.in The Waterhole of Flower Lovers
On Oct 13, 7:18 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot Tabish ji. It is really a great effort on your part. I know > this website is becoming very popular for plant lovers, and many people rely > on this for their identifications. Sorry for my frequent interruptions, my > only concern is that no doubts should remain in the minds of people visiting > the website. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Gurcharan ji, > > The names at flowersofindia.in are in the process of being > > cleaned up. However, doing it for 3,500 species will take some time. > > Meanwhile you will notice that in the newer additions, the flower- > > slide has an "info" icon next to the botanical name - hovering the > > mouse over the icon will reveal the full botanical name with the > > author citation, for the more botanical minded users. Lay users need > > not be bothered with it - so, by default the botanical name without > > the author citation is displayed. Eventually, this will be done for > > all the species on the site. > > I have done it now for the Boehmeria species and for > > Phyllanthus amarus. > > Best wishes > > - Tabish > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.flowersofindia.in > > The Waterhole of Flower Lovers > > > On Oct 12, 3:17 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have often been (and more so Pankaj ji) emphasizing the need for citing > > > the author names, otherwise it can lead to lot of confusion > > > I have often pointed out the case of Phyllanthus niruri, which is a > > Linnean > > > species and cited as synonym of both P. fraternus and P. amarus on > > Flowers > > > of India, although it a totally distinct plant. Agreed that we should > > keep > > > our websites as simple as possible, but at least they should have > > > information which should not confuse readers/visitors to the website. > > > > Today I discovered another. Two species of Boehmeria are described > > (besides > > > others) in Flora of British India: > > > > B. macrophylla D. Don, with shrubby habit, stout branches, opposite > > > leaves, lanceolate, 15-30 cm long, with bullate (puckered or blistered) > > > upper surface, under surface with deep hollows between nerves, shorter > > > petiole (1-2.5 cm); flowers in globose 4-6 mm clusters, in interrupted > > > leafless spikes shorter than or equalling leaves. > > > > B. platyphylla D. Don: shrubby with soft branches, leaves 7-20 cm long, > > > thinner, appearing like Urtica leaf, sparsely hispid; petiole 3-12 cm > > long; > > > male spike 7-15 cm long, female 15-30 cm long, slender, longer than > > leaves > > > with smaller distant clusters. > > > > B. macrophylla D. Don is now considered as illegitimate name and is > > > correctly known as *Boehmeria penduliflora* Weddell ex D. G. Long, Notes > > > Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 40: 130. 1982. > > > >http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2678390 > > > >http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242308736 > > > >http://www.visoflora.com/photos-nature/boehmeria-penduliflora.html?xt... > > > >http://www.farelli.info/pages_books/butterflies/nymphalidae/acraea-is... > > > > B. platyphylla D. Don, is now considered as synonym of . *Boehmeria > > > macrophylla* Hornemann, Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 890. 1815., which was > > uploaded > > > few days back by me on September 26 > > > Boehmeria macrophylla from Dakpathjar validatehttps:// > > groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Boehmeria$20... > > > >http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2678316 > > > >http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006391 > > > > A look at Flowers of India Website suggests that the two species (and all > > > the three names) are same (synonyms, as no Authors are cited) but in > > reality > > > they are two distinct: > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
